If you find Bleed shallow I think you should listen to it again really carefully, it's one of their most complex songs. Also you may have listened to the short "radio" version which cuts out the epic solo and ending part so make sure you listen to the full version.
there is a reason that Steven Wilson loves these guys. SW and I are the same age, and share similar tastes.They are a gut punch.When listening to them, bear in mind these guys have been around from the beginning, early 1990s, they are pioneers of all the sub genres in this kind of music. I've been listening to them since the 90s....my suggestion..."Pravus " or "Do Not Look Down" live next...Meshuggah is always best live....
Should check out Clockworks from them, it's from their newest album and I'm sure the purists may hate it, but such a great groove to the song and the video is trippy as hell.
The original chord-chuggers! Meshuggah is amazing because their riffs are so relentless with their polyrhythms and twists and turns. But you can still headbang to it if you just follow the cymbals. Check out their "Stengah live at Montreal" Also: "Cult of Luna - Ghost Trail live in London" ;)
And do a live stream reaction for their album "Catch 33"!! It's basically one 30 minutes long song, which is cut in several tracks. That's my favorite by them, very hypnotic.
Torture Room I definitely love "I" as well. It may be a better option for a reaction video since it's 21 minutes (compared to Catch 33's 47 minutes). I personally am not sure at this point whether I like "I" or "Catch 33" better though. I've definitely listened to "Catch 33" more than "I", so maybe I'll dedicate some more listening time to "I" to gain a stronger appreciation for it.
Really enjoy your videos. For the next Meshuggah song, and considering you've so far listened to fairly "non-variable" songs of theirs, I'd recommend something like "Nostrum". There's a drum playthrough video of Thomas Haake from the recording sessions, and there's also a bunny slipper-wearing bassist in the shot, which might interest you since you play the guitar. Or, try the recently Grammy-nominated opening track from their newest album, "Clockworks". The drum playthrough is also great for that, it gives you something to follow along with as far as the rhythms go.
Favorite music video ever. I know it's not what they intended, but it humanizes a band that plays with almost inhuman precision. The music made me a fan, but the video made me a fan for life.
every time i listen to some of their older stuff, back when the vocalist still had that Hetfield thing going on, there's nothing i can do to stop myself from repeating the same thought process. the train of thought that starts at "man, these guys were ahead of their time" and ends at "that's because they set the bar for our time." they're not on everyone's spotify playlists, but damn near every post-hardcore/grindcore/deathcore/whatevercore/djent band was influenced by Meshuggah either directly or by extension through some other band that was influenced by Meshuggah lol.
Sick. I recommend ObZen or Koloss as good starting albums considering you are new to the band, as they are a bit more accessible than their previous stuff. Then again you seemed to enjoy this a lot so might aswell check out the rest of this album too. :P Also the "born to make you move" thing you mentioned is something that goes for most of their music. It's groovy as fuck. Latest album is fucking great too. Fuck it, they're all great.
If you ever feel like it, you should find and read this paper called "Re-casting Metal: Rhythm and Meter in the Music of Meshuggah." It goes over the interesting ways that Meshuggah approaches rhythm in their music. One of the most common things Meshuggah seems to like to do is to use polymeter (more than one time signature simultaneously). They tend to have the cymbals and hi hat maintain a 4/4 pulse while other parts of the kit, as well as the bass, vocals, and guitar play in some odd time signature(s). These different time signatures creates rhythmic displacement, which is a really cool and interesting effect.
You should make "Combustion" your 4th song from these guys. You'll probably find that the more you listen to them the more you'll like em. A bit of an acquired taste.
I think I'm gonna just spam all videos now with my requests... Archspire - Calamus will animate (official karaoke) Schammasch - Metaonia Borknagar - Winter Thrice
Riff is not static at all though. It changes up alot, the changes are just hard to notice. The solos are always dreamsequence meaning they don't fit into any particular scale which is why they sound so weird. Meshuggah is an aqcuired taste, but once it clicks nothing ever compares.
Incredible song, when I was doing delivery driving to get through uni this album (Chaosphere) was a staple for in my car. I can't believe it's nearly 20 years old now, it still makes most metal bands sound like they're struggling to catch up! Regarding the lyrics, there's no anti-religious sentiment as far as I'm aware - Meshuggah have much more interesting and philosophical lyrics than anything as trite as that. The lyrics to this track are, I understand, a dystopian vision of trans-humanism - people meshing their bodies with machines, worth a read! Whilst it's probably not a track to react to as it's 20 minutes long, I urge you to listen to their single track EP titled "I" - I consider it to be one of the most important pieces of music I own, but you really can't go too wrong with any music in their catalogue.
Can u pls do more Gojira? More of the link alive maybe? All the songs off that album were great but my personal favs are: Death of me, Inward movement (perhaps the most epic ending to any song ever), blow me away, (they drag the ending on that one out for 5 mins), and the link.
Meshuggah is a great way to wake up. Been loving your reactions on multiple bands. Don't know if you have ever checked them out yet but you should check out Uneven Structure at some point. They are close to the brilliance of Gojira IMO. Checkout Uneven Structure - Frost/Hail on youtube. it is worth it!
Do something from Headspace. I prefer Die with a Bullet. There are many great songs on the album but that is one of the only ones that is on youtube. Die With a Bullet is absolutely crazy good and it is very Haken ish! If you want to try something completely different that you'll probably enjoy I'd like you to try the following song: Black Sun Empire ft. Noisia - The Veil or The Insiders - Wonder Why (Break Remix) I know it is completely different, delete the reaction video if you don't like it but I'm pretty sure you can enjoy it if you give it a shot.
Hello Beau, greetings from India! I thoroughly enjoy your reaction videos and love your reviews. Please react to Amogh Symphony - Dvorzhetskii's Prophecy or any track from the Quantum Hack Code album.
Get Destroy Erase Improve. Right now. Pretty much the album that debuted this sort of style, and I still think it's their best album. And Beau, Future Breed Machine. React to it.
You should check out some more Enslaved! Give their later more progressive side a try! Check out one of the singles from their latest album - Storm Son or The River's Mouth!
If you lile Meshuggah you need to react to these ones ! : Do not look down live ophidian trek, Clockworks drumthrough video and Corridor of Chameleons !
yes meshuggah tend to play a rythmic pattern over and over, playing with it, like in bleed with the "tudutu tu" And with some 5/4 or 7s it makes quite difficult songs I hope you will go back to Igorrr, for example their live at dour for Tout Petit Moineau (it means "very little sparrow" in french) or try Nero Di Marte, i know you like Hacride, and they're a similar sound but more ambient and really heavy and emotional
Huascar Rojas meshuggah all 4/4 except the clean riff in future breed machine which is 13/8 The subdivisions is what gives it that off time feel. The intro to this is 23/16’s and 13/16’s that end up slotting cleanly into 8 bars of 4/4. It reminds me of the Aztec calendar with several layers of different timings that align at a key point.
Hey Beau, can you react to Trees Of Eternity - Black Ocean (2017 album version)? It is beautiful atmospheric doom metal with melodic female vocals. Or any other song by them (this particular is just my favorite).
Nice, glad to see you check out something of theirs before they made the... ugh... "djent" shift, lol. Chaosphere is the album this song appeared on and it was their "transition" album where they went from their more *melodic off-time thrash sound, to a much more *droning off time foreboding sound. I've seen some comments suggesting songs that are more "versatile", but if you want to hear a completely different (and imo more enjoyable) version of Meshuggah, check out their earlier work... night and day compared to their new stuff. A couple of good songs to check out would have to be Acrid Placidity (extremely beautiful and haunting instrumental), Suffer in Truth, and Internal Evidence (classic thrash... it will surprise you, lol). Peace man...
I really don't mind "djent" as a name. I certainly think the style of music is distinct enough to have it's own name, might aswell be "djent". There certainly was a lot of cringey 8-string fanboyism and other annoying behaviour in the community in the early days, but that died off after a while, and the good bands and real fans of the style remained. I've really grown to love a lot of the bands in the "djent" scene.
We need some reactions to slice the cake up in here or some more Hypno5e hint hint Kappa also you should put the discord invite in the video description. I think this is also the only other Meshuggah song I've heard besides Bleed cause I mean who hasn't heard Bleed.
I don't trust anyone who doesn't love Meshuggah.
Wisdom for the ages
If you find Bleed shallow I think you should listen to it again really carefully, it's one of their most complex songs. Also you may have listened to the short "radio" version which cuts out the epic solo and ending part so make sure you listen to the full version.
Bleed is far more complex than it sounds on the first listen, which is why I listen to them on my morning commute everyday.
another good morning song
there is a reason that Steven Wilson loves these guys. SW and I are the same age, and share similar tastes.They are a gut punch.When listening to them, bear in mind these guys have been around from the beginning, early 1990s, they are pioneers of all the sub genres in this kind of music. I've been listening to them since the 90s....my suggestion..."Pravus " or "Do Not Look Down" live next...Meshuggah is always best live....
Should check out Clockworks from them, it's from their newest album and I'm sure the purists may hate it, but such a great groove to the song and the video is trippy as hell.
Purists hate it? I'm a huge Meshuggah fan for over a decade and it's one of my favorite songs of theirs now
Same, but I've seen many old school Meshuggah fans trash Clockworks.
Love this song so much and the music video just makes it better. Great reaction man!
Thank you for reacting to this beautiful song
The original chord-chuggers! Meshuggah is amazing because their riffs are so relentless with their polyrhythms and twists and turns. But you can still headbang to it if you just follow the cymbals.
Check out their "Stengah live at Montreal"
Also: "Cult of Luna - Ghost Trail live in London" ;)
And snare on 3, same with Bleed. Knowing this makes these songs very easy to follow, even for the 'unintiated'.
And do a live stream reaction for their album "Catch 33"!! It's basically one 30 minutes long song, which is cut in several tracks. That's my favorite by them, very hypnotic.
I definitely second this suggestion since Catch 33 is pretty much one of my top 3 favorite albums of all time. It's more like 47 minutes long though.
Josh Lewis is it that long? Remembered wrong.
Torture Room I definitely love "I" as well. It may be a better option for a reaction video since it's 21 minutes (compared to Catch 33's 47 minutes). I personally am not sure at this point whether I like "I" or "Catch 33" better though. I've definitely listened to "Catch 33" more than "I", so maybe I'll dedicate some more listening time to "I" to gain a stronger appreciation for it.
Really enjoy your videos.
For the next Meshuggah song, and considering you've so far listened to fairly "non-variable" songs of theirs, I'd recommend something like "Nostrum". There's a drum playthrough video of Thomas Haake from the recording sessions, and there's also a bunny slipper-wearing bassist in the shot, which might interest you since you play the guitar.
Or, try the recently Grammy-nominated opening track from their newest album, "Clockworks". The drum playthrough is also great for that, it gives you something to follow along with as far as the rhythms go.
These albums "Destroy Erase Improve" and "Chaosphere" are all you need...
Meshuggah...another mind blowing song. Love these guys🤘
Favorite music video ever. I know it's not what they intended, but it humanizes a band that plays with almost inhuman precision. The music made me a fan, but the video made me a fan for life.
Bleed is all about the drumming!
every time i listen to some of their older stuff, back when the vocalist still had that Hetfield thing going on, there's nothing i can do to stop myself from repeating the same thought process. the train of thought that starts at "man, these guys were ahead of their time" and ends at "that's because they set the bar for our time."
they're not on everyone's spotify playlists, but damn near every post-hardcore/grindcore/deathcore/whatevercore/djent band was influenced by Meshuggah either directly or by extension through some other band that was influenced by Meshuggah lol.
keep listening to Meshuggah, fuck everything else. keep listening to Meshuggah until you go completely Meshuggah.
Sick. I recommend ObZen or Koloss as good starting albums considering you are new to the band, as they are a bit more accessible than their previous stuff. Then again you seemed to enjoy this a lot so might aswell check out the rest of this album too. :P Also the "born to make you move" thing you mentioned is something that goes for most of their music. It's groovy as fuck. Latest album is fucking great too. Fuck it, they're all great.
Adrian obzen accessible? I think the older stuff is more accessible, because it sticks more to the standard 'extreme metal' format.
I just find them easier to listen to. Which in my mind makes them accessible to a wider audience.
Would love to hear live in 2025 😭
You would probably love their song Future Breed Machine, they also have an acoustic version called Futile Bread Machine.
Just subscribed. You seem like a cool dude. This was my go-to song at the gym for years!!
If you ever feel like it, you should find and read this paper called "Re-casting Metal: Rhythm and Meter in the Music of Meshuggah." It goes over the interesting ways that Meshuggah approaches rhythm in their music. One of the most common things Meshuggah seems to like to do is to use polymeter (more than one time signature simultaneously). They tend to have the cymbals and hi hat maintain a 4/4 pulse while other parts of the kit, as well as the bass, vocals, and guitar play in some odd time signature(s). These different time signatures creates rhythmic displacement, which is a really cool and interesting effect.
Awesome video my man... Meshuggah is great for dancing! How bout you check out Gojira - Oroborus (Live at Vielles Chaurues) yeah? ;)
Fuck yea, great song, one of my favourite bands. Looking forward to more of this!
Cool vid as always mate.. Loved the tune dude. Now for some Dev. 😈🤘🏻
Crazy Swedes spent the entire video budget on beer....
And that lead out riff is the sickest thing ever written.
Check out Steve Vai's "Tender Surrender" music video. The guitar playing is so unique, beautiful and astounding!
I like your jacket and style
You should make "Combustion" your 4th song from these guys. You'll probably find that the more you listen to them the more you'll like em. A bit of an acquired taste.
Beyond Creation - Earthborn Evolution (official music video)
I think I'm gonna just spam all videos now with my requests...
Archspire - Calamus will animate (official karaoke)
Schammasch - Metaonia
Borknagar - Winter Thrice
Riff is not static at all though. It changes up alot, the changes are just hard to notice. The solos are always dreamsequence meaning they don't fit into any particular scale which is why they sound so weird. Meshuggah is an aqcuired taste, but once it clicks nothing ever compares.
Incredible song, when I was doing delivery driving to get through uni this album (Chaosphere) was a staple for in my car. I can't believe it's nearly 20 years old now, it still makes most metal bands sound like they're struggling to catch up!
Regarding the lyrics, there's no anti-religious sentiment as far as I'm aware - Meshuggah have much more interesting and philosophical lyrics than anything as trite as that. The lyrics to this track are, I understand, a dystopian vision of trans-humanism - people meshing their bodies with machines, worth a read!
Whilst it's probably not a track to react to as it's 20 minutes long, I urge you to listen to their single track EP titled "I" - I consider it to be one of the most important pieces of music I own, but you really can't go too wrong with any music in their catalogue.
I've always loved this video haha.
Intense !!!
Please man
Vektor- recharging the void
'1999 AOL dial-up disc' hehe nice... playin 56K shooter games... ahhhh those where the dayz :]
You're adorable and a metal head! Subscribed :)
I just can't imagine being a band with such a lack of ambition, so much of their music could all be the same fucking song
Have you checked out Car Bomb already!? There like a new age Meshuggah! Check out the song From the Dust of This Planet by Car Bomb!
Meshuggah is great i need to say that but still waiting for some Gojira, greetings From Poland Beau
Clockworks!
THE D IS SILENT!
3:41 The banana phone of the gods
Can u pls do more Gojira? More of the link alive maybe? All the songs off that album were great but my personal favs are: Death of me, Inward movement (perhaps the most epic ending to any song ever), blow me away, (they drag the ending on that one out for 5 mins), and the link.
Could never get into these guys much, listened to them a handful of times. I do like the vocals though
Meshuggah is a great way to wake up. Been loving your reactions on multiple bands.
Don't know if you have ever checked them out yet but you should check out Uneven Structure at some point. They are close to the brilliance of Gojira IMO. Checkout Uneven Structure - Frost/Hail on youtube. it is worth it!
Exist by avenged sevenfold would be awesome
Do something from Headspace. I prefer Die with a Bullet. There are many great songs on the album but that is one of the only ones that is on youtube. Die With a Bullet is absolutely crazy good and it is very Haken ish!
If you want to try something completely different that you'll probably enjoy I'd like you to try the following song:
Black Sun Empire ft. Noisia - The Veil
or
The Insiders - Wonder Why (Break Remix)
I know it is completely different, delete the reaction video if you don't like it but I'm pretty sure you can enjoy it if you give it a shot.
Hello Beau, greetings from India! I thoroughly enjoy your reaction videos and love your reviews. Please react to Amogh Symphony - Dvorzhetskii's Prophecy or any track from the Quantum Hack Code album.
Sounds like meshuggah is starting to get a kind of pantera vibe about them.... I like it :)
This song is 19 years old.
CynicMedia seriously? Then let me rephrase, meshuggah HAD a pantera vibe going on lol
Get Destroy Erase Improve. Right now. Pretty much the album that debuted this sort of style, and I still think it's their best album. And Beau, Future Breed Machine. React to it.
alphaenemy that song, in fact that entire album is fucking epic
You should check out some more Enslaved! Give their later more progressive side a try! Check out one of the singles from their latest album - Storm Son or The River's Mouth!
You should have a ear at Global Warming, from Gojira.
If you lile Meshuggah you need to react to these ones ! : Do not look down live ophidian trek, Clockworks drumthrough video and Corridor of Chameleons !
You should check out I Ep by them. It is an album/continuous song and is their best work IMO.
yes meshuggah tend to play a rythmic pattern over and over, playing with it, like in bleed with the "tudutu tu"
And with some 5/4 or 7s it makes quite difficult songs
I hope you will go back to Igorrr, for example their live at dour for Tout Petit Moineau (it means "very little sparrow" in french)
or try Nero Di Marte, i know you like Hacride, and they're a similar sound but more ambient and really heavy and emotional
Huascar Rojas meshuggah all 4/4 except the clean riff in future breed machine which is 13/8
The subdivisions is what gives it that off time feel. The intro to this is 23/16’s and 13/16’s that end up slotting cleanly into 8 bars of 4/4.
It reminds me of the Aztec calendar with several layers of different timings that align at a key point.
Hells yeah!
Word is they filmed this after a promoter blew a gig. So they drove to the next venue, pissed.
Do white got by loathe. It’s like code orange meets deftones, super cool.
awww yisssss
Try Fear Factory -Dielectric! (Ruben would approve ;))
Hey Beau, can you react to Trees Of Eternity - Black Ocean (2017 album version)? It is beautiful atmospheric doom metal with melodic female vocals. Or any other song by them (this particular is just my favorite).
Nice. I suggest Hellsakura - Death Row. Thanks.
2:45 funny you say that because Meshuggah means "crazy" in Yiddish
Summoning - Land Of The Dead,
but do this fan made music video (which is awesome):
ruclips.net/video/d02GjsTS-X8/видео.html
check out their song Future Breed Machine, man!
Nice, glad to see you check out something of theirs before they made the... ugh... "djent" shift, lol. Chaosphere is the album this song appeared on and it was their "transition" album where they went from their more *melodic off-time thrash sound, to a much more *droning off time foreboding sound. I've seen some comments suggesting songs that are more "versatile", but if you want to hear a completely different (and imo more enjoyable) version of Meshuggah, check out their earlier work... night and day compared to their new stuff. A couple of good songs to check out would have to be Acrid Placidity (extremely beautiful and haunting instrumental), Suffer in Truth, and Internal Evidence (classic thrash... it will surprise you, lol). Peace man...
React to volbeat- hallelujah goat
you should react to the song threshold - the man who saw through time
I really don't mind "djent" as a name. I certainly think the style of music is distinct enough to have it's own name, might aswell be "djent".
There certainly was a lot of cringey 8-string fanboyism and other annoying behaviour in the community in the early days, but that died off after a while, and the good bands and real fans of the style remained. I've really grown to love a lot of the bands in the "djent" scene.
React to Lamb of God 512 music video
Avenged Sevenfold- Exist please
I dodn't like Bleed either. Future Breed Machine and Rational Gaze are great songs by them too
flirst ! fmilrst ! first !
We need some reactions to slice the cake up in here or some more Hypno5e hint hint Kappa also you should put the discord invite in the video description. I think this is also the only other Meshuggah song I've heard besides Bleed cause I mean who hasn't heard Bleed.
Seconding Slice The Cake and Hypno5e! Great stuff.